THE KANSAS CITY NEWS SMILE!!!

Sara Jean Underwood and her midriff inspires this quick look at all the midweek nice news in Kansas City today that's still worth a look. Checkit:

Everybody Loves The Airport Already

With more than 1M passengers, KCI has busiest March since 2001 - Kansas City Business Journal

More than 1 million passengers arrived and departed through Kansas City International Airport's gates in March, the airport's 35th consecutive month of passenger growth and its busiest March since 2001. According to the Kansas City Aviation Department, the 1,005,082 passengers in March represented an 11.1 percent increase from March 2016.

Local Streets Are Delicious

Cooking oil spill on road near 55th Street & I-435

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- KCMO drivers, watch out for one big oil slick! No, not motor oil. Cooking oil. A truck hauling cooking oil had a big spill on the road from about 55th Street and Blue Parkway over to 435.

Local Dash Cam Comedy

Cass County deputy pulls over woman with gas nozzle still attached to vehicle

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City-area woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after she was spotted driving in the Northland with a gas hose attached to her gas tank. A Clay County sheriff's spokesman said that around 1:30 a.m., a deputy was passed by a woman who was driving an SUV that had sparks coming from the vehicle.

Kansas City Lesson In Good Deeds

Kansas City high school students participate in day of service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - High school students from across the Kansas City metro are participating in a day of service. We caught up with a group of Liberty High School seniors helping the KC Pet Project.

Talking New Kansas City Tech

Voting open: Hyperloop One gauges interest in semifinalist routes

MLB All-Star voting is any indication , Kansas Citians are quite adept at voicing their opinions online. Well, that skill should come into play as part of an online poll that could help Kansas City land a Hyperloop One route .

Metro Street Life Improvement

MoDOT looking to make improvements to I-435

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There's more work to be done on I-435, this time on the Missouri side. MoDOT is preparing to renovate, update and change a stretch of the interstate west of Three Trails Crossing (The Grandview Triangle).

Today's Lesson In Citizen Journalism

KCPS Students Ask Superintendent Tough Questions At Town Hall

Five minutes before the town hall is supposed to end, a girl in a superhero shirt with perfect posture steps up to the microphone. She tells Kansas City Public Schools Supt. Mark Bedell the only reason she's still in school is ROTC. Then she pauses. "I'm undocumented," she says slowly.

And this is the ONE MORE OPEN THREAD right now . . .